365 days on the Yellow Brick Road

2011-06-09T17:46:00.000-07:00

Swim Lessons, Soccer, Sleep Overs...
School Parties, Sun, Smiles, and a little bit of allergies.
Cheer, Visitors, and Family!
We've been pretty busy the last couple of months...here's a little this, a little that.

Over General Conference Weekend, Toad-o...joined the family. For a day..then it died. How sad. Or got a way...the Griner kids may never know. Also, Caleb took out a tooth. His first!!!Swim Lessons continued... what you cant see is the cow girl boots that are worn with the beautiful git up! Every Tuesday and Tuesday this is what Ainsley looked like walking into the Matt Ross Center. She did really good Passing Preschool 2 and moving onto Wave 1! Caleb passed Wave 1 and Wave 2 and gets to do Wave 3!! Way to go Griners!

The minute spring was officially coming into summer we were ready! Ready for summer weather... So happy!

Caleb started Soccer and his team did really good!! Caleb ended up being a really good player!

During the down time he wiggled loose his 2nd tooth!

Aubrey played soccer with the 7 year olds this year! Go Aubrey. She was really good and her team rocked! Soccer took up our Saturdays and our Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. We started to think Aubrey liked Soccer more then her Monday cheer. She said it was a close call!!What happens at school? Boy was I surprised when mom's started calling me saying the girls had said a sleep over was at my house the upcoming Friday (4 days away)...sure...okay. I got this. Ice cream, Popcorn with fruit snacks in it, make your own crown, and Tangled. Of course, story time, screaming, and lots of laughing...coloring, running, oh boy, and it time for bed. It think i totally pulled it off!

One of the girls made this sigh...It was thoughtful, so Caleb wouldn't feel left out!

I think that the lights were off by 10:40pm and by 10:50 everyone was out cold. I was shocked. But 5am came and everyone was ready to roll! An entire thing of bacon, 18 eggs, and A lot of pancakes later what a morning!!!End of Year Class Party...candy bar game, dance freeze, present game...it was a blast and what a way to end the year. It has been fun to see all the girls in Aubrey's class grow all year. Tate, Tater Tot, TD..........TATE THE TERROR!Grandma and Grandpa Clark flew up for a visit. Grandma helped Aubrey with her homework!Grandma and Grandpa took us to T-Rex!The kids dug for fossils!!Grandpa Clark wrestling!!Its Summer...Pool time and Ainsley is a swimmer. We spend most of our days at the pool and the other night a friend took the 3 older kids for the majority of the night after 30 minutes of being home she fell asleep bum up in the air! HA!

Tate..I am starting the think he has spent the last year and a half of his life watching, observing, and silently taking note...because he is so quick to cause disaster. Category 10. He can get into Andy's protein powder and 10 minutes later dump out 3 big containers of spices directly after he will wash his hands in the toilet! Blame it on his ear infections or the fact that he has thrown up almost ever day since January but he is driving me crazy!!! At 32 pounds he is built low to the ground and can move surprisingly fast! He can also say No fast! He wont go to Nursery, he will walk right into the deep end at the pool, and he finds a way out of the back yard every change he gets! He IS OUT OF CONTROL! He does take naps though, every day at noon. Best 2 hours of the day. 2 hours of clean quietness (well, it would be if Caleb, Ainlsey, Aubrey napped but beggars cant be choosers!)

Six to Fourteen

2010-01-31T18:22:00.000-08:00

Six
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
"Craft Time" gone wrong:(
SevenSeven
Thursday, January 7th, 2010
Caleb and Tate. Big helper!

Eight
Friday, January 8th, 2010
Aubrey's ouch....

Nine
Saturday, January 9th, 2010
Family movie night with the Marinov Family!!!

Ten
Sunday, January 10th, 2010
Tate spending time with dad..both sick:(

Eleven
Monday, January 11th, 2010
Sending my weekly letter to Steffaney.

Twelve
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
It was a very long day.

Thirteen
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
All dressed up for Alec to come and play!

Fourteen
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
Yummy breakfast! Ainsley put her shoes on by herself!

Fifteen to Twenty Six

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Picture fifteen
Friday, January 15, 2010
Bang, BOO, blood:(

Sixteen
Saturday, January 16th, 2010
Aubrey killing time until her party!
Seventeen
Sunday, January 17th, 2010
Ready for church!Eighteen
Monday, January 18th, 2010
A baby shower for Beautiful Elena and perfect baby Ryan!Nineteen
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
Tate is a trooper...he plays along with everything!Twenty
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
Tate needs a hair cut!

Twenty One

Thursday, January 21, 2010
Homework= destruction outlet!

Twenty Two
Friday, January 22, 2010
Calebs big mess at school...

Twenty three
Saturday, January 23rd, 20010
The "you cant reach me game"...always ensures lots of laughs and silly faces!

Twenty four
Sunday, January 24th, 2010
One last cartoon before bed. Twenty five
Monday, January 25th, 2010
Heading out to her first cheerleading practice!

Twenty six
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
Nothing can cure a black eye like an orange ribbon and a bowl of cereal! Gotta love Karate!

Twenty seven to Thirty one

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Picture twenty-seven
Wednesday,January 27th, 2010
Tate and his toes.

Picture twenty-eight
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
All ready for family reading night at Aubrey's elementary school.

Picture twenty-nine
Friday, January 29th, 2010
Tate's 2nd bath...I usually put him in the shower but he loves baths too!

Picture thirty
Saturday, January 30th, 2010
Tate "reading" with dad.
Also, his very first tooth broke through!

Picture Thirty-One
January 31st, 2010
Sunday Morning before Church.

five....

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Picture 5.
Tuesday, January 5th 2010
After a trip to the doctor, a prescription for an ear infection, it was all about the legos!

four...

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Picture 4.Monday, January 4th, 2010

7:50 am, 2 pieces of toast, finished homework, and 1 degree outside.
What a cold cold morning on the first day back to school!

Three....

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Picture 3.
Sunday, January 3rd, 2010With a night of endless snow and 4 degree weather Church was canceled for the 2nd week. What do you do when your hair is all done, your really excited to start CTR6, and your snowed/iced in?? You pretend to bake a yummy cake to drowned your sorrows in!!!

One, Two.....

2010-01-02T16:42:00.000-08:00

The Start of 365...

May my yellow brick road be traveled a little smoother.
May it NOT include trips the Urgent Care.
May the house stay more clean than dirty, may I loose more weight then gain, and may Ainsley please attend ALL of nursery!
May the fridge lock NOT get broken, May Caleb's voice get a little bit quieter, and may my children sleep through the night!
May Andy keep on loving work, Aubrey and Caleb keep on loving school, and Ainsley keep on gaining weight!
May Tate stay his prefect self but possible thin out and get his hair back!!!
May the house "painting" finally get completed, the basement walls become "dentless", and the driveway become smooth.
May my washer hold out, the red truck hold out, and my sanity stay intact.....

HERE'S TO 2010, may our journey to 0Z be a good one!Picture 1.

January 1st, 2010 a cold cold 10 degree Friday. Ready to party and kick the first night of 2010 off with a bang!Picture 2.
Saturday, January 2nd.
10:00 am at home depot.
I hope Caleb's bruised eye is not a sign for the upcoming days/weeks/months to come! Oh boy!!!